Image processing apparatus and image processing method

Abstract

An image processing apparatus. The apparatus includes an image processing unit to process printing data into image data capable of being outputted; and a controller to control the image processing unit to perform an edge emphasis processing of the font if a size of the font included in the printing data is greater than a predetermined minimum font size.

1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
 an image processing unit to process printing data into image data capable of being outputted; 
 a font identifying unit to identify a kind of font and a size of the font included in the printing data; 
 a controller to control the image processing unit to perform an edge emphasis processing of a font if the size of the font indentified by the font identifying unit is greater than or equal to a minimum font size corresponding to the kind of font identified by the font identifying unit, wherein the minimum font size varies with the kind of font. 
 
     
     
       2. The image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a display unit; and 
 a user interface (UI) generating unit to generate a UI to be displayed by the display unit for a user to input the minimum font size. 
 
     
     
       3. The image processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the UI generating unit generates the UI to set the minimum font size according to the kind of font. 
     
     
       4. The image processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the image processing unit to perform the edge emphasis processing if the size of the font is greater than an experimentally pre-selected minimum font size. 
     
     
       5. The image processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the controller ignores the minimum font size inputted by the user if the inputted minimum font size is less than an experimentally pre-selected minimum font size. 
     
     
       6. The image processing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the minimum font size is input by a user. 
     
     
       7. The image processing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the minimum font size is based on a pre-selected minimum font size. 
     
     
       8. An image processing method, comprising:
 processing printing data into image data capable of being outputted; 
 identifying a size of a font and a kind of the font included in the printing data; and 
 processing an edge emphasis of a font if the identified size of the font is greater than or equal to a minimum font size corresponding to the identified kind of the font, wherein the minimum font size varies with the kind of font. 
 
     
     
       9. The image processing method according to  claim 8 , wherein the minimum size of font is set according to the kind of font when processing the edge emphasis of the font. 
     
     
       10. The image processing method according to  claim 9 , further comprising:
 generating a user interface (UI) for a user to input the minimum font size; and 
 displaying the UI to the user. 
 
     
     
       11. The image processing method according to  claim 10 , wherein the UI is provided to set the minimum font size according to the kind of font. 
     
     
       12. The image processing method according to  claim 8 , further comprising:
 generating user interface (UI) for a user to input the minimum font size; and 
 displaying the UI to the user. 
 
     
     
       13. The image processing method according to  claim 12 , wherein the UI is provided to set the minimum font size according to the kind of font. 
     
     
       14. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by an image processing apparatus, cause the image processing apparatus to perform the method according to  claim 8 .